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Perera Takes Sri Lanka to Sensational Win in S Africa Sri Lanka’S Second Win in 14 Test Matches in South Africa 26 Sports Sunday, February 17, 2019 Perera takes Sri Lanka to sensational win in S Africa Sri Lanka’s second win in 14 Test matches in South Africa DURBAN: Kusal Perera carried Sri Lanka to a sensa- SCOREBOARD tional one-wicket win on the fourth day of the first Test against South Africa at Kingsmead yesterday as he hit a Final scores on the fourth day of the first Test career-best 153 not out. Perera and Vishwa Fernando between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Kingsmead put on an unbeaten 78 in a last-wicket partnership to yesterday. secure only Sri Lanka’s second win in 14 Test matches in South Africa. South Africa, first innings, 235 Victory seemed unlikely when the ninth wicket fell Sri Lanka, first innings, 191 with the total on 226, with the tourists chasing a target of 304. But the left-handed Perera successfully farmed South Africa, second innings, 259 the strike, with South African captain Faf du Plessis persisting with wide-spread fields for the in-form bats- Sri Lanka, second innings(overnight 83-3) man, while Fernando only had to face 27 balls during a D. Karunaratne lbw b Philander 20 96-ball partnership. Perera was on 86 when the ninth wicket fell but L. Thirimanne c Du Plessis b Rabada 21 managed to keep most of the strike and to hit some O. Fernando c Du Plessis b Steyn 37 telling blows in an innings of 200 balls which included K. Mendis c De Kock b Olivier 0 12 fours and five sixes. “It was a superman effort,” said Du Plessis. “He (Perera) deserves all the accolades.” K. Perera not out 153 N. Dickwella c and b Steyn 0 D. de Silva lbw b Maharaj 48 S. Lakmal c Du Plessis b Maharaj 0 ‘It was a L. Embuldeniya c Markram b Olivier 4 superman K. Rajitha lbw b Maharaj 1 DURBAN: Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera (R) celebrates the victory after hittting the winning runs with Vishawa V. Fernando not out 6 effort,’ said Du Fernando (L) during the fourth day of the first Cricket Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the Kingsmead Extras (b2, lb11, w1) 14 Plessis Stadium in Durban yesterday. — AFP Total (9 wkts, 85.3 overs) 304 Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Thirimanne), 2-42 He put on 58 for the fourth wicket with debutant last recognised batsman. (Karunaratne), 3-52 (Mendis), 4-110 (O. Fernando), 5- Oshado Fernando (37) and 96 for the sixth wicket with South Africa, who were without opening bowler 110 (Dickwella), 6-206 (De Silva), 7-206 (Lakmal), 8- LOW PREVIOUS AVERAGE Dhananjaya de Silva (48) before his extraordinary Vernon Philander because of a strained left hamstring, South Africa took the second new ball with the total association with Vishwa Fernando. struggled for the next two hours as Perera and De Silva 215 (Embuldeniya), 9-226 (Rajitha) on 263 but still kept most of their fielders on the “I’m a little tired now, I don’t know what to say,” said brought the target down to single figures. Bowling: Steyn 18-1-71-2, Philander 8-3-13-1, boundary for Perera, who hit sixes off both Dale Steyn Perera when he received the man of the match award. “I Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj took two wickets Maharaj 20-1-71-3, Rabada 22.3-3-97-1 (1w), Olivier and Kagiso Rabada before slashing Rabada to third did my part but we are winning as a team.” off successive balls, dismissing De Silva leg before man for the winning boundary. The stand with Oshado Fernando was broken by wicket and having Suranga Lakmal caught at slip. 16-3-35-2, Markram 1-0-4-0. Perera, who came into the match with a career bat- Dale Steyn, who had Fernando caught at second slip by The next two wickets fell quickly - but what seemed ting average below 30 and with his only previous cen- South African captain Faf du Plessis. Two balls later he certain victory for South Africa turned into a triumph Result: Sri Lanka won by one wicket tury in 14 previous Tests having been made against caught Niroshan Dickwella off his own bowling. for the tourists, who are assured of at least a share of Zimbabwe in Harare two seasons ago, shared three Sri Lanka were still a distant 194 runs short of their the honours in a two-match series. The second Test Series: Sri Lanka lead the two-match series 1-0 important partnerships. target when Perera was joined by De Silva, Sri Lanka’s starts in Port Elizabeth on Thursday. — AFP match series. With the World Cup looming, with Williamson not out 65 and Taylor on 21. protesting racial inequality and social Guptill runs flow New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was Kaepernick injustice. Trump claimed their actions were pleased to see his side had taken lessons from SLOPPING FIELDING an insult to the flag, the nation and the mili- the 4-1 drubbing inflicted by India. “It was what After Williamson won the toss and opted to tary. In a statement released on the Twitter sweeps N Zealand we were wanting,” he said. “That was a really bowl under cloudy skies, the Bangladesh top agrees to account of attorney Mark Geragos, the law tough series and (the) guys got taught some order again failed to fire. They were in trouble at firm dealing with Kaepernick’s legal action past Bangladesh harsh lessons and it’s important you learn from 93 for five after 21 overs before Mohammad against the NFL said the two sides have those. “Today and in the last game there were a Mithun and Sabbir Rahman provided some confidential come to terms without indicating what couple of nice performances obviously led by backbone for the innings, putting on 75 for the those terms were. CHRISTCHURCH: A rejuvenated Martin Guptill Martin Guptill.” Against India’s tight bowling, sixth wicket. Mithun again played the anchor NFL settlement “For the past several months, counsel wound back the clock with his second century Guptill was restricted to a top score of 15. But role, as he did with his hard-fought 62 in the first for Mr. Kaepernick and Mr. Reid have in as many games as a clinical New Zealand against a less confining Bangladesh attack, he match. In game two, he scored 57 off 69 deliver- engaged in an ongoing dialogue with rep- clinched their one-day series against scored freely, with 14 fours and four sixes from ies before he was bowled by Todd Astle, while NEW YORK: Colin Kaepernick, whose resentatives of the NFL,” the Geragos and Bangladesh in Christchurch yesterday. the 88 deliveries he faced. Sabbir contributed 43 off 65. New Zealand kneeling protests sparked a firestorm of Geragos firm’s statement said. “As a result The long-serving opener, who had a disap- After rolling Bangladesh for 226, Guptill assisted the Bangladesh cause with 23 extras and controversy, has reached a settlement with of those discussions, the parties have pointing recent series against India, rated his 118 made a flying start in New Zealand’s reply as some sloppy fielding while Rahman had fortune the NFL over his collusion grievance decided to resolve the pending griev- as a more satisfying knock than the unbeaten they passed through 10 overs at 59 for one on his side when an edge off a Todd Astle deliv- against the league, his attorneys said ances. The resolution of this matter is sub- 117 when he returned to form in the first match while Bangladesh were 32 for two at the same ery nicked the stumps but the bails stayed on. Friday. But a confidentiality clause will ject to a confidentiality agreement so against Bangladesh. stage. Mustafizur Rahman claimed the early Colin de Grandhomme had an eventful first keep details of the arrangement private, the there will be no further comment by any “There was a lot of flow and rhythm in that wicket of Henry Nicholls for 14, leaving Kane over that lasted 11 deliveries, included five wides deal being made ahead of a planned final party.” Mark Geragos’s past clients have one,” he said after New Zealand comfortably Williamson to partner Guptill in a 143-run stand and also produced the wicket of Soumya Sarkar arbitration hearing on the grievance that included pop icon Michael Jackson and knocked off their 227-run target for the loss of for the second wicket. who was caught by Ross Taylor for 22. But was to be heard later this month. musician Chris Brown. two wickets and with 13.5 overs to spare. “It felt When Guptill went in similar fashion to Taylor dropped two catches in the following Kaepernick and former San Francisco The NFL Players Association sup- like I got back to where I was a couple of years Nicholls, caught on the boundary by Liton Das overs. Ferguson finished as the most successful 49ers teammate Eric Reid both filed a law- ported the decision by Kaepernick and ago.” Guptill cut, drove and pulled the off Mustafizur Rahman in the 29th over, New New Zealand bowler with three for 43. The third suit against the NFL saying owners and Reid despite not knowing exact details Bangladesh attack apart as New Zealand Zealand were 188 for two. Williamson and Ross and final ODI is in Dunedin next Wednesday, officials colluded to keep them off NFL of the settlement. “Today, we were cruised to victory and went 2-0 up in the three- Taylor then guided the home side to the finish followed by three Test matches.
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